Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, La Plata)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency seeks a Senior Web Designer, Design Systems to own how client design systems are built. You extract patterns from brands and reference sites, turning them into a token-based system with variables, modes, and core components that a build pipeline can execute without questions.

This is a senior, systems-first role, moving fast across several client brands at once. You’ll document the system so developers and automated pipelines can use it reliably, while ensuring consistency and

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with design systems experience.
• Strong portfolio showing brand-to-brand consistency in design systems.
• Proficient in Figma variables, components, and tokens.
• Excellent written and spoken English with US business hours overlap.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes and semantic naming.
• Ship core component libraries usable across full sites, not just pages.
• Document the system so developers or automated pipelines can execute it.
• Work across several client brands simultaneously with rigorous structure.

Skills

Web design

Figma variables

Design systems

Portfolio diversity

English proficiency

Tools

Figma

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Senior Web Designer, Design Systems at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions. Precision is the job.

Blacksmith Agency

• Design
• Full time
• Remote (Latin America)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Senior Web Designer, Design Systems at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions. Precision is the job.

This is a senior, systems-first seat. Not one-off pages, not maintenance. You stand up new systems fast and get them right the first time, across several client brands at once.

What You Will Own

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our pipeline can read predictably.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, with the same structural rigor.

What You Bring

• 4+ years designing for the web, with real design system work in your portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants. Actual architecture, not just tidy files.
• A portfolio where the work looks different from client to client but the rigor underneath is the same.
• Strong English and overlap with US business hours.